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package io.jsonwebtoken.security;

/**
 * A {@code DigestSupplier} provides access to the result of a cryptographic digest algorithm, such as a
 * Message Digest, MAC, Signature, or Authentication Tag.
 *
 * @since 0.12.0
 */
public interface DigestSupplier {

    /**
     * Returns a cryptographic digest result, such as a Message Digest, MAC, Signature, or Authentication Tag
     * depending on the cryptographic algorithm that produced it.
     *
     * @return a cryptographic digest result, such as a Message Digest, MAC, Signature, or Authentication Tag
     * * depending on the cryptographic algorithm that produced it.
     */
    byte[] getDigest();

}
